Day 170 Assignment

This evening (or tomorrow morning):

Watch the following 17-minute video.

Tomorrow:

1. Practice one of the following meditation options:
   a) Set a timer for 15-30 minutes and practice the ‘Do Nothing’ meditation. If you would like to, select a video from this playlist.
   b) Practice this 34-minute guided meditation by Angelo Dillulo.
2. Pick an exercise from the previous week to do again.

Day 169 Assignment

This evening (or tomorrow morning):

Read NTI Luke 18 (v18-30) to the end of the chapter.

Tomorrow:

1. Set a timer for 15-30 minutes and practice observing your cognition in this way:
   1. Select someone or something that you love.
   2. Start the timer and hold to the image of that person or thing in your mind, or if you can, look at that person or thing or look at a picture of that person or thing. Continue to look at it in your mind or in actuality for the entire practice period.
   3. During the practice period, notice what this person or thing means for you.
   4. Continue to do this for the entire practice period. You are simply noticing what you have projected onto the person or thing. There is nothing else to do during this practice session.
   5. If you want to, follow this practice with an optional ‘Do Nothing’ meditation.
2. Whenever you are upset to any degree, look to see what you wanted from the situation. After looking to see what you wanted from the situation, say this to yourself: My definition of myself includes preferences, judgments and concepts. I have projected my definition of myself onto this (or him/her), and that’s why I am upset.
3. Take two 5-minute breaks to sit quietly and hold a general sense of gratitude. If you need something to feel grateful for, feel grateful for being/existing.

Day 168 Assignment

This evening (or tomorrow morning):

Read NTI Luke 18 (v1-8) thru (v15-17).

Tomorrow:

1. Select from one of the following meditation options:
   ~ Set a timer for 15-30 minutes and practice the Do Nothing Meditation. If you want to, select a video to use during the meditation session.
   ~ Practice this 34-minute guided meditation by Angelo Dillulo. Note: Music follows the guided meditation for those who want to meditate longer.
2. Whenever you are upset to any degree, look to see what you wanted from the situation. After looking to see what you wanted from the situation, say this to yourself: My definition of myself includes preferences, judgments and concepts. I have projected my definition of myself onto this (or him/her), and that’s why I am upset.
3. Take two 5-minute breaks to sit quietly and hold a general sense of gratitude. If you need something to feel grateful for, feel grateful for being/existing.

Day 167 Assignment

This evening (or tomorrow morning):

Read NTI Luke 17 (v5,6) to the end of the chapter.

Tomorrow:

1. Set a timer for 15-30 minutes and practice the ‘Do Nothing’ meditation. If you would like to, watch this video as you practice the meditation: Farm Evening Sound
   (You may always select another meditation video from this playlist.)
2. Whenever you are upset to any degree, look to see what meaning you are giving the situation. After seeing the meaning you are giving, say to yourself: It is the meaning I give that upsets me.
3. Take two 5-minute breaks to sit quietly and hold a general sense of gratitude. If you need something to feel grateful for, feel grateful for being/existing.

Sometime this weekend:

Watch this 73-minute video, How Your Mind Distorts Reality:

Day 166 Assignment

This evening (or tomorrow morning):

Listen to this 27-minute teaching by Regina Dawn Akers from NTI Luke.

Tomorrow:

1. Set a timer for 15-30 minutes and practice the ‘Do Nothing’ meditation. If you would like to, watch this video as you practice the meditation: Glacier River
2. Whenever you are upset to any degree, look to see what meaning you are giving the situation. After seeing the meaning you are giving, say to yourself: It is the meaning I give that upsets me.
3. Take two 5-minute breaks to sit quietly and hold a general sense of gratitude. If you need something to feel grateful for, feel grateful for being/existing.

(You may always select another meditation video from this playlist.)

Day 165 Assignment

This evening (or tomorrow morning):

Read NTI Luke 17 (v1-4).

Tomorrow:

1. Set a timer for 15-30 minutes and practice the ‘Do Nothing’ meditation. If you would like to, watch this video as you practice the meditation: Floating Lake House
2. Whenever you are upset to any degree, look to see what meaning you are giving the situation. After seeing the meaning you are giving, say to yourself: It is the meaning I give that upsets me.

(You may always select another meditation video from this playlist.)

Day 164 Assignment

This evening (or tomorrow morning):

Listen to this 31-minute teaching by Regina Dawn Akers from NTI Luke.

Tomorrow:

1. Set a timer for 15-30 minutes and practice the ‘Do Nothing’ meditation. If you would like to, watch this video as you practice the meditation: Enchanted Waterfall
2. Whenever you are upset to any degree, look to see what meaning you are giving the situation. After seeing the meaning you are giving, say to yourself: It is the meaning I give that upsets me.

(You may always select another meditation video from this playlist.)

Day 163 Assignment

This evening (or tomorrow morning):

Watch the following 22-minute video.

Tomorrow:

1. Practice one of the following meditation options:
   a) Set a timer for 15-30 minutes and practice the ‘Do Nothing’ meditation. If you would like to, select a video from this playlist.
   b) Practice this 34-minute guided meditation based on the teachings of Nisargadatta Maharaj.
2. Pick an exercise from the previous week to do again.

Day 162 Assignment

This evening (or tomorrow morning):

Read NTI Luke 16 (v19-31) to the end of the chapter.

Tomorrow:

1. Set a timer for 15-30 minutes and practice the ‘Do Nothing’ meditation. If you would like to, watch this video as you practice the meditation: Grassland
2. Take a 2-minute break at least 8 times during the day and review the following statements with willingness to think and perceive differently than you do now:
   Everything I experience, I experience through the filter of my mind. I am never focused on the world; I am always focused on thought. The basis of my experience until now has been the belief in separateness. The Spirit of God is one, and everything that exists is within the Spirit of God. There is no separateness. This truth is always true.

(You may always select another meditation video from this playlist.)

Day 161 Assignment

This evening (or tomorrow morning):

Read NTI Luke 16 (v16-18).

Tomorrow:

1. Select from one of the following meditation options:
   ~ Set a timer for 15-30 minutes and practice the Do Nothing Meditation. If you want to, select a video to use during the meditation session.
   ~ Practice this 34-minute guided meditation based on the teachings of Nisargadatta Maharaj. Note: Music follows the guided meditation for those who want to meditate longer.
2. When you notice a judgment in your mind, relax and become the superconductor. When you feel the judgment has dissipated, give your willingness to not  believe the judgments that show up in your mind.